The Last EdenBy Brinda PhokeerdassWhat if paradise didn't want to be found?When a vanished landmass briefly appears in the Indian Ocean, a team of scientists is dispatched to investigate. What they discover is beyond belief: an untouched island teeming with extinct species, intelligent ecosystems, and a natural order entirely uncorrupted by humankind. Among them is Dr. Leila M'Baye, a biologist whose awe soon turns to dread as the island begins to respond-not passively, but deliberately.As the world descends upon what is soon dubbed The Last Eden, global powers scramble for control, corporations arrive to harvest its secrets, and the island starts to fade. Not burn. Not fight. But grieve.A haunting, lyrical novel of discovery, loss, and reckoning, The Last Eden is a speculative elegy for a world that once was-and a warning for the one we are destroying.